Jean Alexander

Known for ActingBorn 1926-10-11Died 2016-10-14Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Jean Mavis Hodgkinson, known by the stage name Jean Alexander, was a British television actress. She was best known to television viewers for her long running role of Hilda Ogden in the soap opera Coronation Street, a role she played from 1964 until 1987, and also as Auntie Wainwright in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 1988 to 2010. For her role in Coronation Street, she won the 1985 Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance, and received a 1988 BAFTA TV Award nomination for Best Actress.Read more

Movies & web series

Willie's War

Heart to Heart

Heartbeat

The Phoenix and the Carpet

The Afternoon Play

Last of the Summer Wine

I, Lovett

Television Playhouse

Barbara

Decoy

Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire

Tales of Tomorrow

Scandal

Harry

The Paul O'Grady Show

An Audience with...

Coronation Street

Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs

The Phoenix and the Carpet

Rich Tea And Sympathy